Word from the Mouth: Blatant Sexism! edition

Word from the Mouth: Blatant Sexism! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Hello and welcome back everyone, hope you enjoyed last week. It was freaking beautiful out there. I just wonder how many more weeks of great weather we will get before it turns cold and we have to play in weather like the previous 2 weeks.

Some of you may have noticed that I look a little more distinguished than normal and that's because I'm getting older and I'm about to rotate around the sun once again and needed to get glasses.

As an athlete growing up people who wore glasses were nerds (ed’s note: still are!) and it looks like I am joining that click (ed’s note: sic). I just need the brain to go with being a nerd as after 12 concussion the brain is like mush. Yes, I already know 12 is a lot but one thing for sure is that I've never thrown up gang signs after getting knocked out like Tua.

Does the league allow Tua to keep playing or force him out? The NFL talks a big game when it comes to player safety, but that's all talk.

If you look back at the game played in Brazil, the field conditions were subpar at best, but they played the game. If this was a FIFA soccer game, they aren't playing that game. The NFL talks a big game about safety, but bottom line all they care about is the cash flow.

I want to say I feel for all you fantasy owners that picked Christian McCaffrey number 1 and now have to sit and watch their fantasy season go down the drain with him being put on IR. Should MFL allow a team to put players on IR for a set number of games where you are able to replace that one person with a player of equal cap numbers or lower. I know it's not going to happen, but with most of us getting older and more fragile, some teams might be able to use this and it would help them out.

 

Recap 

 

D1 

 

I wasn't able to catch any of the D1 games this week, so I'll leave it to Terry and Will to talk about on the podcast.

 

D2

 

Average Joe's vs RawSauce (31-14)

This RawSauce team was down players and needs subs to fill out their roster and not make it a forfeit, but with their top 2 players out they didn't have much of a chance or at least shouldn't have. Ludovic struggled most of the game with the elite defense he was facing. James picked him off twice and Devin and Anthony both had 1 sack. Jason slung the ball around getting everyone touches. I would have liked to see James get a few more touches on offense, but he limited his time on that side of the ball. One player that will get overlooked on this team is Anthony. He is a solid defender and a big target that should be a huge redzone target. Average Joe's are a very good team that will go far as long as they stay as a team and don't bicker with each other.

 

D3

 

I missed all of D3 this week, but I was really hoping to catch the Ducks vs Turf Ninjas game which would have been my game of the week. We also had the return of Marvin after weeks away with a hip injury. 

 

D4

 

Slot Machines vs Sour Peeps (32-8) 

This Slot Machines team is really good and are loaded all over the place. Giovanni is a top 3 QB in the division and his main target Eric has to be a top 5 target, but those aren't the only 2 players they have. This week the player that took over this game was William Lalumiere who scored 2 TDs and had 2 sacks. Karmina, Zoe, and Marie-eve might get overlooked, but all three of these ladies can play. Marie-eve is a very dependable snapper with capable hands. Karmina normally lines up as rusher and she gets after whoever is QB and then we have Zoe who doesn't miss many tackles. This Sour Peeps team is struggling because they have a new QB in Simon who is learning and struggles against the better teams. Slot Machines were in complete control of this game right from the get-go and the only time that they might have been in a worry was when Sour Peeps opened up the second half with a score making it 20-8. After that Giovanni took 3 plays to get those points back when he connected with Eric from 27 yards out. After that score you could see the air being deflated from Sour Peeps.

 

Action Squad vs Nothing but D (19-15)

I'm very surprised how this game turned out. Nothing But D seems to be struggling with the move up to D4. This team was scoring at will last season and got stops left, right, and center, but now this season they are struggling to keep drives going. Alec, if you want to win you need to get your best player Marcel more touches, 1 catch for 4 yards isn't going to cut it. On the Action Squad side Gold needs to work on his ball placement, far too many drops because players are stretched out just to get their hands on the ball. Gold, I don't want to tell you what to do or how to run your offense, but Big Sherm was open all game long and not just a little, like wide open. I think Nothing but D got lucky that there were so many drops from Action Squad because the score would have been worse. With just over 2 minutes left, Yavar scored to put Action Squad up 2 scores and let them sit back and force Nothing But D to use the clock with nothing big, essentially ending the game, but Jon scored from 10 yards out as clock expired making the game seem closer than it was. 

 

D5

 

Phoenix vs Budget Cats (34-6)

This game started out with Phoenix getting a stop on downs then scoring a few plays later. After this score Budget Cats started playing defense and managed to get 3 picks and 2 sacks in the game with Matthew Newell leading the way for them with 2 picks and he also got their only points of the game by returning 1 of his 2 picks for a score. On the Phoenix side of things Yann was dependable not dropping any balls and kept the chains moving, Gabriel all he did was score 2 TDs and get a pick and we'll Ilias who is better known as a good rusher is playing safety this season and had 2 picks. Phoenix once they got rolling were too much for Budget Cats to handle and even with them getting help from the sideline the lack experience was too much for them to overcome.

 

Phoenix vs Bear Hood (44-8)

Bear Hood just came off a huge win against 28-3 and were feeling like they were king of the world, then this game began and the score tells it all. Phoenix walked all over them using their secret weapon to do so. Our secret weapon was Nico from 28-3 who had the inside scoop. Offensively Bear Hood went with Emilio at QB, and it was an upgrade over what they had before, but he needs to be more consistent. There were numerous times where balls were dropped or he just had the ball get away from him. I knew Bear Hood was going to be disorganized on defense, but I didn't think that it would show from play 1 when Nico caught a 1-yard hook as the slot and ran through the defense for 40 yards. Pierre-Luc dominated on the offensive side of the ball, scoring 2 TDs on his 7 catches and 63 yards. Ilias picked off another 2 passes on defense scoring on 1 of them. I want to apologize to Bear Hood for calling the timeout before half on fourth down, it's just a force of habit, plus I never know the score since I never ask about it. (ed’s note: yet you call people out for running up the score. Maybe they just don’t know the score either.)

 

Women's 

 

Sorry ladies, I missed the 1 game in the division this weekend, but I'll be back watching your games in no time and now with my glasses I'll be able to see everything happening. 

 

That's all I have for reviews this week if you need more look out for MFL Total access when it comes out on Wednesday. 

 

Studs & Duds

 

I'm on vacation and in a bit of a time crunch so I'm going to get straight to it and tell you who balled out this week and should have stayed home.

 

Studs  

 

D1

- Justin White scored 4 Total TDs 3 as a receiver and 1 on defense.

 

D2

- Jason Edwards scored 2 TDs on his 4 catches totaling 49 yards, plus 1 tackle on defense.

 

D3

- Kayla Gauthier 6 catches 95 yards and 2 TDs. 

 

D4

- Alec De Lafontaine-Jovani for his game 3 performance. He went 24 of 27 for 272 yards 8 TDs and ran 6 times for 47 yards.

 

D5

- William Shlien for handling the scenario like a boss. Last week they got whooped and this week when he started to throw picks, and the team started to bicker he stepped up and took control and lead his team to their first victory. Along the way will went 22 of 29 for 134 yards and 3 TDs. He also added 57 yards and a TD on the ground along with a pick on defense.

 

Women's 

- Viviane Plourde 3 TD passe, 2 TDs catching and 1 on the ground. 

 

Duds

 

D1

- PO threw 5 picks.

 

D2

- RawSauce for being a big roster and still needing subs and this landing to struggling with constancy.

 

D3

- Banged up Marvin for playing defense when we all know he isn't 100% and is going to get hurt again and I get that it's only D3 but why risk it. 

 

D4

- Thomas Svoiski for throwing 5 picks.

 

D5

- Les Last Calls for playing the defense they did, allowing Luca to run as much as he did and for as many yards as he did and that's what cost you the game. 

 

Women's 

- I'm not putting anyone here this week. Call it what you will. (ed’s note: I call it blatant sexism!)

 

There you have it folks, my Studs & Duds for week 5. Remember if you want to see your name up here, then you need to show me that you need to be included on my list. And if you want to make my Dud list, just do what Saquon Barkley did on Monday night and drop that simple third and 3 pass to all but and the game and walk away with the win.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 4

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 4

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

Last week I went 18-9, which isn’t bad, but not great either.

Now to this week picks and like always they are in bold.

 

D1

 

Pocket Rockets vs A-Team

KOLB vs A-Team

Outlaws vs KOLB

 

D2

 

Average Joes vs RawSauce

 

D3

 

Top Shooters vs CIA

Ducks vs Turf Ninjas

 

D4

 

Slot Machines vs Sour Peeps

Binettes vs Hawks

Action Squad vs Nothing But D

F.A.T. Players vs Nothing But D

 

D5

 

Phoenix vs Budget Cats NA

Spartans vs Big Booties

Bear Hood vs 28-3

Jungle Squad vs Ass-Been

PickSixers vs 514

Slicks vs Last Calls

Bear Hood vs Phoenix NA

 

Women’s

 

Déesses du Drapeau vs Dirty Chai Latte

 

Only 18 games to pick this week and that means all the games are being played at Le Ber.

 

Power Rankings

 

Time to jump into my rankings and see where I have teams placed after a second rainy week in a row.

 

D1

#1- Outlaws

#2- KOLB

#3- A-Team

 

D2

#1- Respect 2.0

#2- Nice TDs

#3- Tigres

 

D3

#1- Tropic Thunder

#2- Ducks

#3- Turf Ninjas

 

D4

#1- Witching Hour

#2- Hawks

#3- Blue Badgers

 

D5

#1- Jungle Squad

#2- Les Last Calls

#3- 28-3

 

Women’s

#1- Tigres

#2- Steeleuses

#3- Majestic Divas

 

Last week Jon added an ed’s note (ed’s note: that’s me!) that I had Wolves #1 in D1, but losing that week. My rankings are based off what you have done up to this point. Just because I picked you to win or lose doesn’t mean I think you’re the better team sometimes it comes down to which roster players are there and who you might have as a sub.

 

Final Thoughts

 

My plan was to keep it under 2500 words, but before I got to my final thoughts I was already at 2497, so that wasn’t going to happen (ed’s note: and yet you chose to use up words writing that sentence).

I will keep it short, just like how long you would have lasted if you picked the Bengals in Survivor in week 1.

I can’t wait to get back out there this week, I’ll finally be able to tell the difference in teams now that I can see.

How do you think ND feels after being ranked #5, paying 1.5 million to NIU to play them and you get beat on a last second field goal. Can’t let that stuff happen (ed’s note: I sadly have to agree). Then you got Nebraska beating Colorado and them jamming out to perfect timing by Shedeur Sanders.

Speaking of Shedeur, Deion talks about turning boys into men, but his son is the biggest little whiner out there. Walking off the field and going to locker room with 2 minutes on the clock and not shaking the other team’s hand. I can tell you this, if I’m the coach he is getting at least half a game benching, but we all know this isn’t happening. Then Tyrek getting cuffed and thrown in jail just to come out an hour later and score a TD. After the game in questioning, he needed to quote NWA, but we know he don’t have the balls to do it.

Before I let you go for the week remember, that we are playing a game and all this childishness is too much. If you can’t get along, stay away from everyone, play your game, and go home. People yelling, screaming, and throwing punches is not what we want in the MFL. Calm down, play your game, have fun, and take it easy.

Have a good rest of the week. I know I will since I’ll be seeing my Sunshine tonight and most of you on Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: 20-0! edition

Word from the Mouth: 20-0! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Another week down and once again it was raining, cold, and by the end of the day the field was trashed (ed’s note: it really wasn’t that bad!). At least they are getting the week off since all games are at Le Ber this weekend. I don’t want to ruin it, but it looks like it will be nice this weekend, and yes, it’s only Monday and things could change by the weekend.

I get that we are playing football, and everyone thinks they are king buckaroo, but everyone needs to tone it the jeepers down. It’s bad when I must be the voice of reason. I have no filter and say and do whatever the cheese and crackers I want to when I want and no one is going to stop me, but when I’m out on the field playing the game I love, I want to have fun and enjoy myself and not have to worry balderdash is going to go down.

You also must know what you are doing and to whom you are doing it to (ed’s note: if you think Kevin actually wrote “whom” and that wasn’t an edit, you must be among the fortunate few who haven’t met Kevin). I can tell you in all the years I’ve played sports, never once have I gotten into it with another player because I never wanted to get kicked out or miss any games. The season is too short for that phooey. People need to think about what might happen depending on how they react.

The other night while out with Sunshine some fart knocker in a Mercedes parked touching my bumper and didn’t allow me to move out, so after a few minutes of mucking around in the car by using my shirt on my bumper I was able to get out without marks on my car. Can’t say I didn’t add some to his car, but that’s a him problem and maybe they will learn not to be a dick when parking.

 

Recap

 

D1

 

Sorry folks, I didn’t catch either of the games played this week.

 

D2

 

Phoenix vs Double Dippers (20-21) OT

What can I say other than I’m trash and should have won this game? We always talk about 2 halves of a game and how easily things can change. In the first half, Double Dippers dropped numerous fourth down balls that would have kept the drive going, but instead they were turnovers. PO should have had an easy pick 6, instead he bobbled it a few times and with my receiver turning around looking for the ball it fell into his hands and he gained 15 yards on the play. It was one of those games where everything went one team’s way. When the second half started, Phoenix was up 20-0 and looked to hold on for what looked like an easy victory. Well, David and Double Dippers had other plans. They didn’t do anything special in the second half, but the 5-yard hooks were turned into 10-yard gains because Phoenix was playing soft defense making them use the clock. After scoring on 3 of 4 possessions in the second half, Double Dippers needed to get a 2-point convert to tie it at 20. We knew what was coming, but with David flooding the zones the defender went too deep into the endzone which allowed Simon to find a hole. OT here we go. Phoenix started on offense and after a miscommunication, the convert was no good and this gave David the chance to find Mason coming across the goal line for the game winning point in OT.

 

Phoenix vs Tigres (22-19)

Do you believe in miracles because no way Phoenix should have won this game with the roster that they had. This game was played in the pouring rain, and you’d figure that Nestor would use his legs and control the game. For Phoenix, the plan was to control the tempo and not force any bad balls the longer the game was close the better chance we would have to win. The play of the game was when Zach flagged Nestor for a safety in the first half after we scored, and this left time for Phoenix to go down and score to take a 15-6 half time lead. In the second half Tigres made it a 1 score game with 7 minutes left. Now it was time for Kevin to chew the clock and not do anything stupid. With 2 minutes left we were called for rusher interference and with it being third down I called my play, and everyone was like we need yards and I said I’m find with throwing an incomplete pass and punting on fourth with 1 second left in the game. I’m behind center I’m scanning the defense looking for a matchup I like. I see JP who is tall vs a much shorter defender. I call for the snap look right comeback left where I launch it to the endzone where JP hauls it in along the sideline and inside the endzone. This gave Phoenix a 2-score lead and with under a minute the Win. Nestor was able to score after Felipe had a 40-yard catch and run then the drive was capped off with Nestor to Felipe for 7 yards. Game over after that.

 

D3

 

Iron Wolves vs Sour Puss (25-6)

This was a game that you could learn a lot. Jon ate every second of the clock on every play and this led to a very quick game being played. It also helped that they were in complete control of this game from the very beginning. Jon was able to find open players all game long on his way to completing 27 of his 33 passes. Carlos stood out to me for two reasons. One was that when given the opportunity, he can make some pretty sick catches and that yes, his offense has stepped up, but his flagging has taken a step back. He had to have missed 3 or 4 sacks and that might be low. Lucas and Fred, if they keep being reliable targets for Jon, will make it exceedingly difficult on defenses. This was the first Sour Puss game I did, and I was impressed by the way they kept it together they just lack experience and that’s what beat them in this game. Every time they were in third or fourth and short, Iron Wolves knew what was coming and had their players in the position to stop the play.

 

Turf Ninjas vs Top Shooters (45-18)

Before the game Mike asked me if he should pick up PO to play QB and my response was, who else you have to play QB? I tell him straight, if you want a shot at winning then go with PO, but if you want to have fun then go ahead and throw. He went with PO and they didn’t stand much of a chance, but they did have fun and Nigel is an absolute beast. The man had 6 catches for 159 yards and 3 TDs in the pouring rain. How no one in a higher division has picked him up yet is mesmerizing. This Turf Ninja team is loaded with playmakers all over the place. Mat isn’t the same Mat from Brossard last year, this guy has raised his completion percent while raising his TDs and dropping those picks. He should be under consideration for QB of the year if he keeps playing like this. I was talking about Nigel being a beast while in this game and so was Mikelis Rogers who also had 3 TDs and 159 yards receiving on 8 catches not 6. Mikelis might fly under the radar because of the other players around him don’t be fooled he is their best receiver.

 

D4

I was busy all day playing my games and working other games and missed out on D4 completely, maybe I’ll catch a game or 2 next weekend.

 

D5

 

Phoenix vs PickSixers (48-6)

This wasn’t much of a game as Phoenix was able to get rolling right away and score at will. Kevin (ed’s note: the flipping between first and third person has to have something to do with the clear psychotic break that Kevin has had or is currently in progress of having) did a fantastic job of spreading the ball with everyone catching 3 passes and scoring at least 1 TD. The one area Phoenix needs to improve is on converts. For PickSixers they need to play the smart game and stop giving teams short fields all game long, punt the ball. On multiple occasions they went for it with no real shot at getting the first down. Brendan Melnik was their only saving point on defense as he was able to get 2 picks with both being inside the redzone. William needs to get rid of the ball a bit faster and try not throwing into the middle when there are multiple defenders around. I would also try to get the ball into the hands of my better players.

 

Women’s

 

Steeleuses vs Crazy B’s (40-0)

Branda Léonard was a below par QB when she played last season with Warriors, but this season she looks like a got dang superstar. She may have only completed 16 of her 32 passes, but they went for 253 yards and 6 TDs. Monica scored 3 TDs on her 4 catches and had 90 yards; her height made her unstoppable. On defense this team swarms to the ball to make tackles and this week they picked off 5 balls with Kelly leading the way with 3 tackles and 2 picks. Crazy Bs are a team that is all about having fun and that’s what they are doing. Zuzana struggles at QB for them, but it’s not all on her. She is new to the position her team isn’t loaded with athletes and most are still learning the game, but they are enjoying themselves and that’s what matters.

 

Most of the games I covered this week were very one-sided and not fun for anyone involved. I hate when teams run up scores and sometimes it’s being a jerk and sometimes what are you supposed to do? If a team turns the ball over on downs close to the endzone, what do you want me to do? Punt? Don’t I look more like an ass for punting on first down inside the redzone to lose yards (ed’s note: don’t worry, you’ll look like an ass regardless of what you do). I know you’re thinking why would you punt on first down. I’m not throwing 3 incomplete passes on purpose.

 

Studs & Duds

 

The last 2 weeks we have had some pretty malarkey weather, though not for all games, and this make it difficult for me to pick my Studs & Duds because if you played early you might have had good weather, where if you played late you played in rain and on mud. Well with that out there, let’s see who I selected for week 4.

 

Studs

 

D1

- Joey Notaro 6 tackles 2 picks and scored on 1 of them.

 

D2

- Ben Faubert 4 catches 65 yards, 3 TDs and he made 1 tackle and had 1 pick on defense in his first game. In game 2 he had 9 catches for 123 yards and 3 TDs plus he had 3 more tackles on defense.

 

D3

- Benjamin Denis 12 catches 110 yards and 3 TDs, plus 3 tackles on defense.

 

D4

- Brian Mustard 14 TDs in 2 games and only 3 picks thrown.

 

D5

- Nicolas Hurtuibise for winning all 3 games he played this weekend, throwing 4 TDs to 2 pick and getting 6 tackles, having 3 picks, and scoring on 1 of them.

 

Women’s

- Monica Roy 4 catches 90 yards and 3 TDs.

 

Duds

 

D1

- Everyone involved in the after-game altercation. Grow up, it’s a bleepin’ game, not the super bowl.

 

D2

- Kevin Kousaie for blowing a 20-point half time lead and losing the game in OT 21-20.

 

D3

- Mikelis Rogers for having 1 monster game and then not showing up on the stat sheet for the other game.

 

D4

- Simon Torres 1 for 15 with 3 picks and only 8 yards.

 

D5

- Kevin Kousaie for running up the score, even though we didn’t and only scored twice in the second half.

 

Women’s

- Zuzana Sichova for 5 picks thrown.

 

Good luck to everyone for next week. If you ball out you might get to see your name up here or take the other approach and suck bad and get on my list that way. 

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 3

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 3

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

We have now played 3 weeks of the season and I’m still looking forward to getting a perfect week. Last week I went 13-7. With all your help I’m hoping that this is my week. Here are my picks and like always they are in bold.

 

D1

 

Outlaws vs Pocket Rockets

Iron Wolves vs A-Team

 

D2

 

Nice TDs vs Bines

Phoenix vs Double Dippers NA

Villains vs Thunder Buddies

RawSauce vs Rejects

Average Joes vs Nice TDs

Respect 2.0 vs Thunder Buddies

RawSauce vs Double Dipper 

Tigres vs Phoenix NA

 

D3

 

Iron Wolves vs Sour Puss

Drama Club vs Turf Ninjas

Blitzing Bastards vs Ducks

CIA vs Sour Puss

Iron Wolves vs Tropic Thunder 

Turf Ninjas vs Top Shooters

 

D4

 

Nothing But D vs Sour Peeps

Slot Machines vs Blue Badgers

Mustard Tigers vs Binettes

Hawks vs Slot Machines

Mustard Tigers vs Sour Peeps

Blue Badgers vs Binettes

 

D5

 

28-3 vs Budget Cats

Big Booties vs Bear Hood

Ass-Been vs Titans 

Phoenix vs PickSixers NA

28-3 vs Slicks

Les Last Calls vs Jungle Squad

 

Women’s

 

Steeleuses vs Crazy B’s

Tigres vs Dirty Chai Latte

 

There you have my picks for week 4. I know I might not have picked your team to win, but if you could help me out this time around, then maybe I’ll pick your team to win next week.

 

Power Rankings

 

After the crappy weather we played in this week, let’s see how that impacted my rankings.

 

D1

#1- Iron Wolves (ed’s note: IW ranked #1 and A-Team unranked, but have A-Team beating IW?)

#2- Outlaws

#3- KOLB

 

D2

#1- Respect 2.0

#2- Double Dippers

#3- Tigres

 

D3

#1- Tropic Thunder

#2- Ducks

#3- Turf Ninjas

 

 D4

#1- Slot Machines

#2- Witching Hour

#3- Hawks

 

D5

#1- Les Last Calls

#2- Jungle Squad

#3- Titans

 

Women’s

#1- Tigres

#2- Steeleuses

#3- Majestic Divas

 

I know that there are a few match ups this week that will force me to update my list. I also know that you might wonder why your team isn’t on my list and the response is, don’t worry about my ranking, win some games and show me that any list isn’t complete unless your team is on it.

 

Final Thoughts

 

I’m super late with my article as I’ve been sick and also on vacation at the same time, so my apologies for that. I’m normally on time with this stuff, but things happens. It better be root tootin’ nice this weekend. I’m not dealing with another weekend of rain and smelly field conditions.

The NFL kicks off tonight with the Ravens getting bullied over by the refs just so the Chiefs can win. The NFL doesn’t want to do anything right now that might set off all the Swifties because of the rumors of a breakup agreement that is floating around right now.

I’m so glad that football is back. The CFL just doesn’t do it for me, but I’ll still watch it, don’t get me wrong. I’m just like a junkie when I need my fix, any bit will help.

Before I let you go, just remember we are playing a game for fun, so go out and have some, and don’t try to kill anyone. See you all Saturday. 

Word from the Mouth: Respect the Sub Cap Limit! edition

Word from the Mouth: Respect the Sub Cap Limit! edition

Kevin Kousaie

I hope you were all lucky enough to avoid the rain. If you weren’t, then you got to see that the rain wasn’t good for the field and it’s now hanging on for its life. I know it’s not that late in the year and it will have time to grow back, but we better not get too many more rainy Saturdays.

I don’t know how it was in Laval on Sunday, but it was hot in Brossard. I was looking forward to eating my Chinese food and watching College football Saturday night, but me being the old man that I am was passed out by 9 pm (ed’s note: I was out by like 8, so who’s the old man now?). This meant I missed all the games on opening weekend.

With all the hype around the Colorado Buffaloes, can Shedeur Sanders really go number 1 or will a team let Travis Hunter play both ways like he has since high school once turning pro? I can tell you now that Shedeur will not go number 1 and no team is going to let a player play both sides of the ball. Just imagine that player when it comes to contract negotiations, do you pay him for 2 different positions or just 1?

Only 4 more days until we see the KC Chiefs start their title defense against the Baltimore Ravens. If I was picking the game, I’d lean towards Lamar and the Ravens, it’s week 1 no one is laying a finger on him.

 

Recap

 

D1

 

Missed out on all the games this week as you were all over at Arthur Therrien all day and I was Darcy McGee. Maybe I’ll catch a few next weekend.

 

D2

 

Phoenix vs RawSauce (19-14)

This was not a pretty game by any means and had to with it starting to rain. Francis had a big game hauling in 11 balls for 67 yards. All this did was protect the ball and limit the number of plays. JF once again played his ass off scoring 2 TDs and picking off 3 passes. Ludovic played like he normally does by spreading the ball around and taking what was open, but a few (4) got away from him and were picked. The one Justin got where he and Gab both had the ball and was ruled a pick might not have been. Late in the game Phoenix held a 5-point lead and needed to waste the rest of the game to get their first win of the year. Phoenix wasn’t able to gain a first down and punted it away. This left time for Ludovic to try and win the game. After a big run, Ludovic connects with Gab down the sideline where he out played Justin for the ball to gain 27 yards. With under a minute left Ludovic still had time, but he was sacked on first down a big incomplete then on third down the ball sailed high, and this let JF get his third and final pick of the game.

 

Division 3

 

Iron Wolves vs Ducks (24-39)

Before the game I was looking at Ducks team and was thinking where you attack on offense or who do you take away on defense, and I couldn’t figure it out. Then I was like, Jon will pick them apart and make it look easy and Josh will throw something at Dave to get him off his game. The game couldn’t have started better for Iron Wolves with Josh getting a pick in the endzone and taking points off the board. On the first play of offense, Jon threw a deep pass to Alexis who was able to pull it in by his fingertips, but was caught at the 5 before Josh capped the drive on the next play to go up 6. The lead didn’t last long as coverage was blown, and Antoine scored an easy 45-yard TD. Iron Wolves were able to respond with a long drive to take a 12-6 lead that lasted until the second and the rain started to let up. Once the field got sloppy the running of Dave was all the difference. I mean it wasn’t like he had any huge runs, it was that once he started to move around, this allowed his guys to find holes and had defenders look at him and not the receivers.

 

Division 4

 

Blue Badgers vs Action Squad (19-24)

I’m just as shocked as the rest of you. How did this happen? Let me tell you. Blue Badgers looked like they didn’t miss a beat from the last time they played a regular season game. Oliver relied on Jérémie to move the ball before he ran it in from 10 yards out to go up 6. After forcing a turnover on the first drive, this time around Pascal picked off Gold on first down and scored to give the Blue Badgers a 12-0 lead. After battling back and Blue Badgers still being up, they looked to chew the clock and take the win. After using up 5 minutes of clock, on fourth down and goal Oliver had his pass go well out of bounds and turned it over on downs. It took Gold 1 pass to Michael for 40 yards out to tie it up at 18. This is where Gold made a dumb mistake and threw the ball out to the sideline with no zip on it where Jérémie was able to make a break on it and took the ball back to give his team a 1-point lead with 4 minutes left. After being forced to punt with 90 seconds left in the game, the Blue Badgers just needed to get a stop. Play after play Gold was able to pull something out as he moved the ball all the way down to the 1-yard line with 1 play left. Just like he did to tie it up, Michael was able to score and win the game.

 

Division 5

 

514 vs Ass-Been (6-25)

I don’t know how you show up with only 4 players and expect to win. Well 514 started to play with 4 before Gold came in to sub part way through the first half. I will point out that Eric Thibeault is new at QB and played his best game of the season so far, but if he had more experience, he would have picked 514 apart early when they were only 4 and even once they were 5. Lesniak on offense depended on Gold to move the ball, but with him being banged up he wasn’t much help. Eric spread the ball the whole game with 3 players catching 3 or more balls and 3 different players scoring TDs. When Eric and this team improve, they will be formidable opponents for teams.

 

Phoenix vs Ass-Been (19-0)

This was the second game of the day for Ass-Been and the first game of the season for Phoenix so this could have gone either way. It also started raining for this game and didn’t stop. Eric Thibeault had a much harder time playing against 6 players, especially with those players knowing what to do and where to be. Phoenix started the game with a TD score capped off by David from the 1 to put Phoenix up 6-0. After that score, not much happened except both teams punting it back and forth until Phoenix got the ball back with 10 minutes left in the second half, Where Yann was able to score from 19 yards out and making at least 3 defenders miss tackles on his run. After another stop on defense, Phoenix got the ball back and moved it all the way inside the red zone. This is when my favorite play of the game happened. Chrissy and the defender both fell on the play. I was able to look left and left some more while in my head I’m hoping Chrissy gets up and goes out to the right corner where it was all open. She did see it and she did get up and she scored a TD on a play she thought she was out of once she fell. She should have been out of the play, but Ass-Been didn’t rush, so I had all day to see where I wanted to go.

 

Slicks vs PickSixers (27-12)

Both defenses didn’t look good as neither of them were able to stop the other QB from completing most of their passes. Yeah, they were all short passes, but you should be able to jump a few of those passes or at least knock 1 or 2 away. This was the first time I got to see William Shlien play QB and he really was better than I expected, considering the defense he was up against. His best throw came on their opening drive when he connected with Brendan Melnik for a 42 yards TD down the sideline, but after that it looked like hunting season with all those ducks. For Slicks, Luca looked great throwing the ball and not running on every other play like he had in the past. Okay, so Luca ran 10 times and only threw 22 passes, so he did run every second play it seems, but I’ll give him a pass (ed’s note: what a pun!) this time around because of the rain and the fact he could have run more but threw the ball instead. This was the last game of the day and everyone was fed up with the rain, so both teams elected to go short and waste the clock between plays and limit the numbers of plays and chances for mistakes.

 

Women’s

 

Sorry ladies, I wasn’t around much this weekend, but I hope to catch more of the division and watch as it grows and develops over the year.

 

That is all I have for you this week, but if you want or need more MFL news, wait until Wednesday when MFL Total Access with Terry & Will gets released.

 

Studs & Duds

 

With 3 weeks in the books and more games being played this week, I had a better selection of players that balled out and a few with the stats they put up or didn’t and should have stayed home this weekend as it might have helped their team a bit more.

 

Studs

 

D1

- Andrew Grant 3 TDs 93 yards on 5 catches and 1 pick on defense. 

 

D2

- Jean-François Lawrence 2 TDs and 3 picks.

 

D3

- Christian Pedroza 2 TDs and 2 picks.

 

D4

- Jordan William Matte scored 3 TDs and had 1 sack.

 

D5

- Liam Martins 3 picks and scored on 1 of them. Plus, he had 3 catches for 51 yards and 1 TD on offense.

 

Women’s

- Shermika Bartley 3 TDs and a pick in her second women’s game of the day.

 

Duds

 

D1

- Pocket Rockets for losing to KOLB when they had 4 picks on defense and only 1 on offense.

 

D2

- Respect for breaking cap and taking an L because Ali said he was under CAP, and it wasn’t checked.

 

D3

- Mark Selvadurai 1 catch 4 yards and no defensive stats

 

D4

- Blue Badgers for allowing Action Squad to drive down and score as the clock expired when all you needed to do was get a first down.

 

D5

- Matthew Betnesky 6 catches 11 yards.

 

Women’s

- Aryane Leboeuf going 3 of 32 with 3 picks will land you on my list.

 

There you have it, my Studs and Duds for week 3. If you’re expecting to see your name up here, then you better step your game up because everyone else did.

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